Vocational Pathway Awards

A formal school qualification is a measure of the extent to which young adults have completed a basic prerequisite for higher education and training, and many entry-level jobs.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education's ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 1 and above, level 2 and above and level 3 and above (including a UE Award).

2017 data have not yet been updated in these tables and will be available shortly. National data are available in Senior Student Attainment statistics.

Table 1: School leavers with at least one Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2015-2016)

Ethnic group

Gender

No VP Award

VP Award

Percentage with VP Award

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

Māori

Female

20

22

11

10

35.5

31.3

Māori

Male

36

23

5

4

12.2

14.8

Māori

Total

56

45

16

14

22.2

23.7

Pacific

Female

x

6

x

2

x

25.0

Pacific

Male

x

5

x

2

x

28.6

Pacific

Total

9

11

1

4

10.0

26.7

Asian

Female

13

12

3

7

18.8

36.8

Asian

Male

10

12

4

4

28.6

25.0

Asian

Total

23

24

7

11

23.3

31.4

MELAA

Female

x

x

x

x

x

x

MELAA

Male

x

x

x

x

x

x

MELAA

Total

x

3

x

2

x

40.0

Other

Female

x

x

x

x

x

x

Other

Male

x

x

x

x

x

x

Other

Total

5

x

2

x

28.6

x

European/Pākehā

Female

90

98

60

88

40.0

47.3

European/Pākehā

Male

132

120

60

76

31.3

38.8

European/Pākehā

Total

222

218

120

164

35.1

42.9

CoL Total

Female

118

127

71

100

37.6

44.1

CoL Total

Male

176

147

68

82

27.9

35.8

CoL Total

Total

294

274

139

182

32.1

39.9

New Zealand Total

Female

18,255

18,610

11,365

12,672

38.4

40.5

New Zealand Total

Male

22,349

22,998

8,661

9,160

27.9

28.5

New Zealand Total

Total

40,604

41,608

20,026

21,832

33.0

34.4

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian Females. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.

Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.

International fee-paying students are excluded. Alternative education students are included in National totals, but, not in the school they are funded from.

Table 2: School leavers with a Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2016)

Ethnic group

Gender

Construction and Infrastructure

Manufacturing and Technology

Primary Industries

Service Industries

Social and Community Services

Creative Industries

Total Leavers

Māori

Female

0

0

0

3

x

6

32

Māori

Male

x

0

0

x

0

2

27

Māori

Total

x

0

0

4

x

8

59

Pacific

Female

x

x

x

x

1

1

8

Pacific

Male

x

x

x

x

x

2

7

Pacific

Total

x

x

x

x

1

3

15

Asian

Female

0

0

0

3

0

5

19

Asian

Male

0

1

0

0

0

3

16

Asian

Total

0

1

0

3

0

8

35

MELAA

Female

x

x

x

x

x

x

2

MELAA

Male

x

x

x

x

x

x

3

MELAA

Total

0

0

0

0

0

2

5

Other

Female

x

x

x

x

x

x

3

Other

Male

x

x

x

x

x

x

0

Other

Total

x

x

x

x

x

x

3

European/Pākehā

Female

4

0

0

22

11

61

186

European/Pākehā

Male

10

7

2

16

3

46

196

European/Pākehā

Total

14

7

2

38

14

107

382

CoL Total

Female

4

0

0

26

12

68

227

CoL Total

Male

10

8

2

16

3

51

229

CoL Total

Total

14

8

2

42

15

119

456

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian Females. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.

Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.

International fee-paying students are excluded. Alternative education students are included in National totals, but, not in the school they are funded from.